Laura Smart, MD
Specialties: Liver Transplant, Gastroenterology, Pancreas, Liver and Bile Duct Cancers
Gender: Female
Practice Locations
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Pavilion - UMMC
2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS 39216 View Location |
Accepted Insurance Plans
The University of Mississippi Medical Center accepts all plans, but may not be an in-network provider with your plan. We encourage you to contact your insurer and ask if the plan is in network with UMMC. Always contact your insurance carrier for specific coverage information.
*Note: Grenada and Holmes County locations have different payor contracts. Oral Surgeons are considered in-network to the medical health plans listed below NOT dental.
Jackson and Madison
Medicare health insurance plans
- Devoted Health
- Humana Medicare Advantage
- Medicare - Fee for Service
- Railroad Medicare - Fee for Service
- Shared Health Mississippi
- United Healthcare (except HMO)
- Vantage Health Plan - Medicare Advantage
- Wellcare - Medicare Advantage
Medicaid health plans
- Mississippi Medicaid Fee for Service
- MS CAN Plans: Magnolia, Molina, TrueCare
- MS CHIP: Magnolia, Molina, TrueCare
Dental plans
- Always Care
- Avesis
- Medicaid Fee for Service
- MS CAN: Magnolia Health Plan, Molina HealthCare, TrueCare
- Ambetter
- Unum
Vision plans
- EyeMed
- First Look
- March Vision
Commercial, Marketplace and other health plans
- Aetna Health Management (excludes UMMC Madison)
- Ambetter
- American Life Care - PHCS/Multiplan
- Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi
- BCBS Federal
- Celtic (Transplants)
- Cigna PPO (excludes transplants; excludes UMMC Madison)
- Corvel Healthcare Corp (Workers Comp.)
- First Choice Health Plan - includes Humana PPO Commercial, but not Humana Medicare Advantage
- First Health Network/Coventry - Aetna
- Government Employees Health Insurance Association (GEHA) - United Healthcare
- Interlink Health Services (Transplant)
- LifeTrac (Transplant)
- Mississippi Department of Rehab Services (MDRS)
- Mississippi Physicians Care Network (MPCN)
- Mississippi State and School Employees' Health Insurance Plan (AHS Network administered by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi)
- Multiplan - PHCS/American Life Care
- North Mississippi Health Link
- OptumHealth Care Solutions, Inc. (Transplant)
- OptumHealth VA CCN
- PPO Plus, LLC/Zelis/Stratose
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- Tricare
- United Healthcare: PPO Commercial (excludes HMO)
- Vantage Health Plan: Commercial, PPACA Plan
- Veterans Administration
Behavioral health plans
- United Behavioral Health
- Cigna Behavioral Health
Education
| Board Certification: | Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine, Transplant Hepatology |
| Fellowship: | The Ohio State University Medical Center |
| Fellowship: | University Of Louisville School Of Medicine |
| Internship: | The Ohio State University Medical Center |
| Medical Education: | University Of Louisville School Of Medicine |
| Residency: | The Ohio State University Medical Center |
Experience
Current Positions
| Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, UMMC, Jackson, MS 39216 | 10/2019 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Re-certification, ACLS and BLS | 05/2023 - 05/2025 |
| DEA | 02/2026 |
| Certification, Gastroenterology Certification | 10/2014 - Present |
| Certification, Internal Medicine Certification | 08/2010 - Present |
| Certification, Transplant Hepatology Certification | 11/2016 - 11/2026 |
| Licensure, Mississippi Medical License | 10/2019 - 06/2025 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Chief Fellow of Academic Affairs (University of Louisville), University of Louisville | 2013 |
| Who’s Who University of Louisville SOM, University of Louisville | 2007 |
| Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society member, Phi Kappa Phi | 2003 |
| Woodcock Society member, Woodcock Society | 2003 |
| Alpha Epsilon Delta Honor Society member, Alpha Epsilon Delta Honor Society | 2001 |
| Golden Key International Honor Society member, Golden Key International Honor Society | 2001 |